Commentary for Bava Batra 279:1

שקלי להו בנות לכולהו אלא אמר רבא מוציאין להן מזונות לבנות עד שיבגרו והשאר לבנים

would the daughters receive all of it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since such an estate is considered 'small', the sons, according to our Mishnah, would receive nothing. Should, then, the daughters get the surplus over and above the amount required for their maintenance ');">¹</span> — But, said Raba, [the amount, required for] the maintenance of the daughters until they reach their majority is drawn [from the estate] and the balance is given to the sons. [It is] obvious [that, if the estate was] large<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At the time the father died. ');">²</span> and it depreciated,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'became less', i.e., the estate had been damaged, or the cost of living had risen, so that the income does not suffice for the maintenance of the daughters. ');">³</span>

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